AMD HX370 with SteamOS DESTROYS Windows

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Chapters

00:00 - Bazzite (SteamOS) on 2025 GPD Win Mini AMD HX370
02:10 - Bazzite Standby Time
02:50 - Gameplay - 15w Space Marines 2
03:35 - Weird Issue with Bazzite on HX370 - It Uses More Power
04:58 - Bazzite Supports VRR and All SteamOS QAM Functions
05:16 - Gameplay - 15w Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
06:27 - Bazzite Supports All Keys and Hotkeys on 2025 GPD Win Mini
07:21 - Sometimes, Bazzite Uses Too Much Power
08:32 - Sometimes, Bazzite Uses The Right Amount of Power
09:09 - PLEASE Bazzite Devs, Allow Us FULL Arbitrary TDP Settings
10:43 - Benchmarks - Batman Arkham Knight (Unreal Engine 3)
13:32 - Benchmarks - Cyberpunk 2077 (REDengine 4)
16:26 - Benchmarks - Deus Ex Mankind Divided (Dawn Engine)
17:55 - Benchmarks - Horizon Zero Dawn (Decima Engine)
19:42 - Benchmarks - Returnal (Unreal Engine 4)
22:55 - What Do YOU Think?

[Snoozie]

I wish these things weren't violently expensive cause they're cool as hell but damn

[anssiaatos]

I wish the gaming community would not focus on Bazzite vs. SteamOS too much. That arms race makes us to forget that the real enemy is Windows.

[nathan-franck-invests]

Space Marine 2 running at 90fps on what looks like a 3DS is so surreal

[hugevibez]

Gamers finally figuring out Windows is a horrible bloated mess, what a time to be alive

[dontpokethebear]

I think Strix Halo with SteamOS will be a portable beast

[damianabregba]

Within Bazzite In Handheld Daemon there is a setting of TDP boost. After I disabled it my battery life seemed to be more consistent and better. Swipe the top left corner to get full menu. Swap the right to have smaller menu. On desktop mode within Handheld Daemon you can also change scheduler to developed LAVD scheduler.
With Decky Loader you can install powertools and with that you can quickly disable cores. It can make huge difference on low tdps where instead of powering loads of cores it can divert energy to boost just few required cores or gpu.
Run the game, look how many cores are taxed and limit near that. Don't disable the SMT option as it bugs out the cores.
I noticed that often during cpu task like downloading or processing shaders gpu draws high power too. I have 8840u version though

[prdsatx]

So yesterday, I was playing 7 days to die with my daughter. She has my old Steam Deck and I was on my legion go. We both had pressed the "play" button at the same time and she was in the menu screen before I could even get past the anti-cheat garbage the loads before the game launches.

Her performance was on par with the Legion Go.

I'm highly considering installing Bazzite on my Legion because of what I witnessed.

[AtenedoroGonzalez]

Would love more battery life. I've been spoiled by the rog ally x and it's massive battery. Has been a great experience with bazzite there too.

[Dracossaint]

I wish this had a higher battery density. Like 45Whr is not enough these days, maybe next gen. Yes the soc can compensate a bit, but there's degrees to it

[oddmofo]

I'm a fan of these videos, so I'm not hating when I say this: Using Frame Gen to showcase performance at the begging of the video, is as dishonest as Nvidia saying the 5070 is as fast as the 4090. Please, add native FPS performance of those games in the benchmark section. A lot of people, me included, would never enable Frame Gen with native FPS below 60 FPS. I don't care if you don't feel the input lag, a lot of people would buy this device using this review, and when they would turn on Frame Gen they will find themselves having a horrible experience because of the bad input lag and frame pacing.

[jorge]

Consider adding Indiana Jones, Avatar, Metro Exodus Enhanced and Silent Hill 2 to the testing pool. To see how handhelds handle RT only games.

[redrune]

I do not need a WinMini
I do not need a WinMini
I do not....

[gamerez]

Actually love how the thumbnail transitions to the video, pretty neat

[geise]

God I love that white 2025 win mini. This is really nice on regards to bazzite and steam os. I have been primarily windows on my win 4 but might try it. Especially when I get a win mini. Thanks for going over this.

[sagbag]

space marine 2 running THAT smooth on a pocketable pc!? oof my mind is blown away seeing this. also great to see gpd win like this. looking slick

[hooky]

I know they're the same thing for all intents and purposes. But can we start referring to Bazzite and SteamOS explicitly so that its clear which has Valve support as it's going to be confusing when SteamOS actually launches

[monstercameron]

Bazxite needs to have a tdp slider, a GPU or cpu slider and a core count slider. Perfect fine tuning

[Phille]

It is a great device but the fan is so loud!

[cajun_canuck]

Amazing investigation. Can't wait to put Bazzite on my 2025 Mini!

[Invid]

Man, that's a ton of cores and threads. Can't wait to see if the Z2 Extreme offers greater efficiency by trimming some of those cores off the HX 370. You don't need more than 8 cores for a gaming box right now.